Hurricane Michael update

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PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A frighteningly powerful Hurricane Michael made landfall on the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday, with the Category 4 storm unleashing a blitz of rain, wind and storm surge that forecasters feared would ravage parts of the South.

“Dangerous storm surge continues along the coast of the Florida Panhandle,” the center said, with a station in Apalachicola registering more than 7.7 feet of inundation. Wind gusts were still battering the area, with some reported as high as 119 mph in ...